Background
Burns, Walter Noble was born on October 24, 1872 in Lebanon, Kentucky, United States. Son of Colonel Thomas Edgar and Chris Ella (Noble) Burns.
Burns, Walter Noble was born on October 24, 1872 in Lebanon, Kentucky, United States. Son of Colonel Thomas Edgar and Chris Ella (Noble) Burns.
Education public and high schools, Louisville, Kentucky.
Began newspaper work on Louisville Evening Post, 1890. Later connected with Saint Louis Post Dispatch, Kansas City Times, Denver Republican, and San Francisco Examiner. Was Sunday editor Chicago Inter-Ocean, 1910-1914, Chicago Examiner, 1915, Chicago Tribune, 1918.
Made a whaling voyage in the brigantine Alexander, out of San Francisco, in the 90’s, to the South Seas, Behring Sea and Arctic Ocean.
Served in 1st Kentucky Infantry, Spanish-American War, 1898, taking part in Porto Rico campaign.
Married Rose Marie Hoke, November 10, 1902.